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QF confirms Indian landing facts
Qantas have confirmed that their 747 diverted to India when a smoke alarm was activated mid-flight resumed its flight from London to Singapore.
The Boeing 747, travelling from London to Singapore, with 389 passengers on board landed in Calcutta about 12pm local time (4:30 AEST) yesterday, with a local Indian news agency reporting that the pilot made an emergency landing after reporting a fire in the cockpit.
Qantas executive general manager for engineering and maintenance David Cox said the smoke alarm related to the video system. He said there was no smoke or fire inside the plane.
The diversion was a “priority call”, when the captain requested the plane not have to queue before landing, which is not an emergency landing, he said.
Mr Cox said passengers would be unable to watch videos for the remainder of the flight, which left Calcutta about 4.40pm local time.
This was a precautionary measure ahead of further inspection of the video system in Singapore, he said.
“On QF10 travelling from London to Singapore today, the smoke alarm relating to the video system went off,” Mr Cox said.
“The captain decided to divert the aircraft to the closest port at the time, Calcutta, to have the aircraft checked out.
“It wasn’t an emergency landing, the captain made a priority call.”
“Aircraft engineers have inspected the aircraft and cleared it for take-off.”
Graham Muldoon
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